but that doesn't justify the catholic's doing the same.
did God say to make mother mary image and bow down to it?
I think it is all in the intention. While Catholics may bow to the
Mary image, I don't think they're praying it like praying to God.
This whole business of Mary-worshipping is quite tricky. I suggest
you understand their [Catholic] theology, their position, their
biblical basis before you shoot your mouth off. I don't want you to
create a strawman and misled those who read your post.
its not that i do not know their theology. thats the whole
problem. its their theology, written by man, and not by God.
and do not assume i do not know what i am talking about. i attended
mass nearly 6 years of my life, my aunt is a catholic, who tried to
share with me her religion, before i became a christian. who's
shooting off his mouth now?
the whole business of mary-worshipping isn't tricky. its wrong. its
not even biblical at all, how can it be biblical if it disagrees
with the commandments of God, by which we are judged?
if you cannot explain abt the mary worshipping, just say so. point
is, you do not know anything about catholics do you, you are either
a blind follower, or an unbeliever
rather Jesus taught us to pray to the Father, as He is
the intercessor, for there is no other intercessor
I think Catholics will agree with this. I'm not sure whether Mary
can be considered an intercessor in the same light as
Jesus.
again i shall quote my aunt, she always defends mary's position
as intercessor, cause Jesus obeys her mum. is this teaching
biblical? or just another humanized theory that pops up over the
decades?
it seems to contradict the part where Jesus said that who is his
mother, or brother? whoever obeys his teachings, are his mother and
brothers.
in another words. we, as believers are technically his "brothers"
(if we believe and obey), again, this removes a need for another
"intercessor" between us and God(Jesus)
you should really read more of the bible. you don't even know whats
going on. if u read the bible more. u'll see the difference
icemoon. instead of just simply blindly following religion.
i do not blindly follow orders, humans can be leaders, but they can
make mistakes too. its always good to check with the bible to see
if its biblical.
the catholics' creating the graven image of mary is an
abormination, and using the ark as an excuse, isn't much of an
excuse. i don't remember God ever telling you to create an image of
mary, in fact, most of the catholic practices were not commissioned
by peter the apostle, whom you declare as the rock, gate keeper of
heaven etc, watever.
and icemoon, you haven't justified this. for your convinience, i
shall paste it again
